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Shakespeare: His Life and TimesShakespeare: His Life and Times
Adapted from http://www.public.asu.edu/~muckerrm/English_321_S2005/Introduction.ppt
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Early LifeEarly Life
Born 1564—died 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon Parents: John and Mary Arden
Shakespeare• Mary—daughter of wealthy landowner• John—glovemaker, local politician
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From: http://www.where-can-i-find.com/tourist-maps.html
Location of Stratford-upon-AvonLocation of Stratford-upon-Avon
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As reproduced in William Rolfe, Shakespeare the Boy (1896).
Stratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s TimeStratford-on-Avon in Shakespeare’s Time
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From Stratford’s web site: http://www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk/index.htm
Stratford-upon-Avon Today
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/
Shakespeare’s BirthplaceShakespeare’s Birthplace
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• Probably attended King’s New School in Stratford
• Educated in:• Rhetoric• Logic• History• Latin
EducationEducation
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/
King’s New SchoolKing’s New School
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• Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway, who was pregnant at the time with their first daughter
• Had twins in 1585• Sometime between 1585-1592, he moved
to London and began working in theatre.
Married LifeMarried Life
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From: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/danielle.esposito/
Anne Hathaway’s CottageAnne Hathaway’s Cottage
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• Member and later part-owner of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men
• Globe Theater built in 1599 by L.C.M. with Shakespeare as primary investor
• Burned down in 1613 during one of Shakespeare’s plays
Theatre CareerTheatre Career
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The Rebuilt Globe Theater, LondonThe Rebuilt Globe Theater, London
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The Globe TheaterThe Globe Theater
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The PlaysThe Plays
38 plays firmly attributed to Shakespeare14 comedies10 histories10 tragedies4 romances
Possibly wrote three others Collaborated on several others
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• 154 Sonnets• Numerous other poems
The PoetryThe Poetry
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Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare did NOT write in “Old English.”
• Old English is the language of Beowulf:Hwaet! We Gardena in geardagum Þeodcyninga Þrym gefrunonHu ða æÞelingas ellen fremedon!
(Hey! We have heard of the glory of the Spear-Danes in the old days, the kings of tribes, how noble princes showed great courage!)
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Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare did not write in “Middle English.”
• Middle English is the language of Chaucer, the Gawain-poet, and Malory:
We redeth oft and findeth y-write—And this clerkes wele it wite—Layes that ben in harpingBen y-founde of ferli thing… (Sir Orfeo)
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Shakespeare’s Language
• Shakespeare wrote in “Early Modern English.”• EME was not very different from “Modern English,”
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Shakespeare’s Language
• A mix of old and very new• Rural and urban words/images• Understandable by the lowest peasant and the highest noble
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Elizabethan Theatrical
Conventions
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A theatrical convention is a
suspension of reality.
No electricity
Women forbidden
to act on stage
Minimal, contemporary
costumes
Minimal scenery
These control the dialogue.These control the dialogue.
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Audience loves to be scared.
Audience loves to be scared.
Soliloquy
Aside Types of speechTypes of speech
Blood
Use of supernatural
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Let`s play Shakespeare
Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus
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Use of disguises/
mistaken identity
Multiple marriages
(in comedies)
Multiple murders
(in tragedies)
Last speaker—highest in
rank (in tragedies)
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Shakespeare’s 450th Anniversary
Happy Birthday
WILL!!
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“All the world 's a stage, And all the men and women merely players.”
So…..
Let’s dramatize Shakespeare!!!
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Words Shakespeare Invented
The English language owes a great debt to Shakespeare. He invented over 1700 of our common words by changing nouns into verbs, changing verbs into adjectives, connecting words never before used together, adding prefixes and suffixes, and devising words wholly original.
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The Most Popular Shakespeare Phrases in Common Use TODAY:
A laughing stock (The Merry Wives of Windsor)A sorry sight (Macbeth)As dead as a doornail (Henry VI)Eaten out of house and home (Henry V, Part 2)Fair play (The Tempest)I will wear my heart upon my sleeve (Othello)In a pickle (The Tempest)In stitches (Twelfth Night)In the twinkling of an eye (The Merchant Of Venice)Mum's the word (Henry VI, Part 2)Neither here nor there (Othello)Send him packing (Henry IV)Set your teeth on edge (Henry IV)There's method in my madness (Hamlet)Too much of a good thing (As You Like It)Vanish into thin air (Othello)
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Sose Berberyan Olivia
Gevorg Khandamiryan Sebastian
Tatevik Shahnazaryan Viola
Albert Varosyan Antonio
Sero Mirzakhayan Duke Orsino
Vahe Ghazaryan Video- storySusan Mkrtchyan
10 E’s Interpretation of the 12th Night
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Make Shakespeare’s Theme Accessory – JOIN THE PARTY!!!
When: THIS FridayWhere: Hayastan HallWhat time: After Classes